I decided to look at some facts that resulted in the following (a lot of numbers):

Estimate

Estimate

Article

Year

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2009

US Budget Tot ($B)

2700

2800

2900

3100

3550

3825

Soc Sec/Medicare (%)

42.9

43.8

41.5

41.1

40.5

27.8

Int on Debt (%)

7.8

8.7

9

8.4

4.6

3.6

Defense (%)

19

19.6

16.6

16.6

18.6

17.3

Health (%)

—

—

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.1

Transportation (%)

2.6

2.8

0.4

0.4

2

1.6

Vets Benefits (%)

2.5

2.6

1.4

1.4

1.5

2.4

Education (%)

3.3

3.2

1.9

1.9

1.3

1.2

Justice (%)

1.1

1.6

0.7

0.7

0.7

1.3

Fed Ret. Benefits (%)

—

—

—

—

—

2.9

Unemploy Befits (%)

—

—

—

—

—

2.7

Financial Bailout (%)

—

—

—

—

—

18.7

Anti-poverty (%)

—

—

—

—

—

14

All Other (%)

20.8

16.7

22.8

27.2

28.6

4.4

Financial Bailout ($B)

—

—

—

—

787

746

Anti-poverty ($GDP)

3

3

3

3

4

4

Tot Tax Recepts (%)

81.5

85.7

91.7

87.1

67.1

54

Tot Tax Receipts ($B)

2200

2400

2660

2700

2381

2063

Indiv Income Tax (%)

44

45.8

47

44.8

44.6

—

Soc Security Tax (%)

37.2

36.2

34.9

35.2

39.8

—

Corpaorate Tax (%)

10

15.4

11.8

12.6

9.3

—

Excise Tax (%)

3.4

2.7

2.6

2.6

3.2

—

Estate & Gift Tax (%)

1.2

1.1

1

1

0.8

—

Custom Duties (%)

1.3

1.1

1.1

1.1

1

—

Other (%)

2.9

2

1.9

1.8

1.5

—

Social Security (%)

20.2

19.9

21

20.8

19.5

Medicare (%)

12.8

14.1

13.3

13.2

12.8

Medicaid (%)

9.9

9.9

7.2

7.2

8.2

What is tabulated is the US total budget dollars for the years 2006-to-2010 with a listing of the category where spent, as given in the article by Riedl. The last column compares the article with the US government facts. The facts came from:

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